WILLIE THE WIMP

Willie the Wimp was buried today

They laid him to rest in a special way

Sent him off in the finest style

That casket-mobile really drove 'em wild

Southside Chicago will think of him often

Talkin' 'bout Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin

Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin

That casket, it looked like a fine Seville

He had a vanity license and a Cadillac grille

Willie was propped up in the driver's seat

He had diamonds on his fingers and a smile sweet

Fine red suit had the whole town talkin'

Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin

Yeah Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin

In his Cadillac to Heaven he was wavin' the banner

He left like he lived, in a lively manner

With a-hundred dollar bills in his fingers tight

He had flowers for wheels and a-flashin' headlights

He been wishin' for wings, no way he was walkin'

Talkin' 'bout Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin

Yeah, Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin

Carter, B./Ruth Ellsworth

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On the south side of Chicago in more recent times, there were a couple of dudes with very bad reputations; Flukey Stokes and his son Willie the Wimp. They beat people up. They sold drugs. They became wealthy. Willie the Wimp was shot in 1984 and dad threw a funeral. Thousands were invited. Even more invited themselves. People don't often see the recently departed sitting up and holding the steering wheel of a coffin modeled after the Cadillac Seville. A coffin with flashing lights and flowers for wheels. Oh sure, there were some other thoughtful touches, rings on his fingers and c-notes stuck like cigarettes in his hands.

The post-burial birthday party for Willie the Wimp was held at the same motel where Willie was shot. So it was, Willie the Wimp became more famous in his coffin than he had been in the street. It's a story that inspires song. Flukey Stokes was gunned down last November as he sat in his car. We thought you'd like to know Stevie Ray isn't singing about some Mickey Spillane fiction. He's singing about Chicago.

Ой, блин!!! Страсти-то какие... Надо ж...

Очень интересно.

Большое спасибо! Вопрос прояснён.

я был уверен, что с таким прозвищем бывают персонажи самое близкое из времен гангстерских войн и прочих дней св.валенина.

Про Вилли, уложенного в гроб и не только...)))

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